the first half of the 20th century, including a number of original works by composers Manuel M. Ponce, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Federico Moreno Torroba. Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959) privately made recordings between mid-1920s and the early 1940s, including important performances of two of his guitar works. Italian guitarist Pasquale Taraffo (1887–1937) made recordings between 1926 and 1930 on a harp-guitar, Taraffo's Sonatina in A Major. Abel Fleury (1903–1958) recorded ten pieces between 1935 and 1954. There exists a recording of Italo Meschi from 1929. Other early performers who have recorded include Emilio Pujol, Josefina Robledo, (Tárrega: Capricho Arabe), Luise Walker (1910–1998), Julio Martínez Oyanguren (1901-1973) from Uruguay (track - Jota), Guillermo Gómez (1880-1955), Maria Luisa Anido (1907–1996), Vicente Gomez (1911–2001), Francisco Salinas (1892–1993), Regino Sainz de la Maza (1896–1981) (Concierto de Aranjuez, rec. 1948 dedicated to Regino Sainz de la Maza), José Rey de la Torre (1917–1994), Nelly Ezcaray (born 1920), etc. Some of the recordings have been reissued on CD. Julio Sagreras also made radio recordings, though it is not known if the tracks are still available, or if they have been released on CD. There are probably still more early guitar recordings of high value and historic importance that can be discovered (e.g. there seems to be a lack of early recordings by Central and Eastern European guitarists, etc.), possibly in archives of record companies (or discontinued record companies), or in early radio recordings or private collections. See also Sound recording and reproduction History of sound recording References